Structured Settlements 4Real®Blog 2026
Structured settlements expert John Darer reviews the latest structured settlements and settlement planning information and news, and provides expert opinion and highly regarded commentary. that is spicy, Informative, irreverent and effective for over 20 years.
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Category: Mt. Airy Structured Settlements
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North Carolina HB 845 is an act to update the North Carolina Structured Settlement Protection Act to align with the most recent version of the Model State Structured Settlement Protection Act approved by the National Counsel of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL).The update is way more toothy!
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The Amble Media Group website features 4 separate images, one of which is labeled David Springer, but that could never be confused with David Springer, the sole principal on record for Amble Media Group. Is “Meet the Expert” (i.e. the singular) a Freudian slip?
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The discount rate the educated annuitant negotiated was sub 5%! It shows that if you must go down the road of parting ways with stable tax free structured settlement income you absolutely must shop around. The company that low balled you might actually pay the most when in competition.
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Say you “collide with a structured settlement” at 60 miles an hour. Like that’s a bad thing? So you dust off the paper cut sustained as you were propelled through “windshield” into a lifetime of stable, income tax free bliss. Priceless! It’s not like you’re hitting a jackknifed water buffalo.
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The State of Maryland has applied the chastity belt of structured settlement protections including mandatory registration and a surety bond requirement that went into effect in October 2016.
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Maryland Court of Appeals has now approved the structured settlement factoring reforms much to the chagrin of leadership in the structured settlement secondary market
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The structure settlement reforms were motivated by a Washington Post story which alleged that black Baltimore City lead paint victims with structured settlements were being exploited by structured settlement buyers. The story galvanized state and federal lawmakers to demand a solution.
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As you read this there is no license required to work in the structured settlement secondary market AND there is no regulator in any state! Moreover, in many cases the structure is all these people have! I

